I am a fanatic crafter who has ventured into many crafts over the years. Loved them all. I was quilting until I had to have shoulder surgery so now I do small crafts. The quilts were my big ticket items and all the large quilts are gone from my shop now. I sew small items and embellish home décor and now I am so happily heavy into soap making. I have several soaps curing that I will put into my Etsy shop once the curing stage is over. I really love my new hobby and hope to change the format of my Etsy shop to just soaps and the accompanying beauty products during 2020.
I am retired and realize I need to do more marketing than just social media. I need marketing for my social media! Craft shows are something I am definitely interested in and have been researching on the many aspects that entails. I am older and retired but young at heart. I still remember my great-grandmother making lye soap in the backyard. We could watch from a distance since she wouldn't let us participate because of the fire and the lye. She used a huge black kettle over a open fire. Everything comes back around, the thing you thought you would never do is now the very thing that you love the most. No Kettles and open fires for me though! Stainless Steel, Crock Pots and Stick Blenders for me please. I am the type of person who needs to be doing something creative. Other creatives understand this but I believe I am the only one in my family and they only understand what I do if I am making money from it.
In 2020, I want to take this show one the road!